A conservative group is suing the Colorado House and Senate, plus their Democratic leadership and three lawmakers, for allegedly violating the state’s transparency law via the use of an inter…
A conservative group is suing the Colorado House and Senate, plus their Democratic leadership and three lawmakers, for allegedly violating the state’s transparency law via the use of an internal voting system to rank Democratic legislators’ budgetary priorities.
“This secret voting scheme clearly violates the Colorado Open Meetings Law, and we’re filing this lawsuit because every legislator should be held accountable to the public,” Michael Fields, the president of Advance Colorado, said in a statement. Fenberg described the system as an “efficient” way for lawmakers crafting the budget to collect data from their entire caucus about how to spend state money. The legislature may only have $30 million to spend in a year, he said, and bills under consideration may total $300 million.
“The practice of quadratic voting is purposely constructed to conceal information that the public is entitled to know,” the suit alleges. “Specifically, it casts a veil of secrecy over the priorities of specific legislators and replaces them with a caucus consensus.
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